Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the airport-like redeveloped Habibganj railway station on 15 November 2021.
The state-of-the-art Habibganj railway station in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, has been revamped in the PPP mode at the cost of Rs 450 crore.
The railway station is the first in the country to have been transformed under private public partnerships mode. The railway station has been renovated by the Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation (IRSDC).
The station will boast several modern features such as segregation of passengers based on arrivals and departures, sitting arrangement at platforms, lounges, concourse as well as dormitories and retiring rooms, adequate parking along with divyang-friendly amenities such as lifts, escalators, travelators, etc.
The railway station has also been equipped with the latest safety, security and information features such as fire safety, CCTV cameras, supervisory control and data acquisition, PA systems, scanning machines, access control, modern signage and information displays.
The railway station has been revamped as per LEED Green Building norms with the use of energy-efficient equipment, solar energy, wastewater treatment for reuse.
Apart from this, arrangements have been made for passengers waiting at the railway station for their train, with free Wi-Fi service. The renovated Habibganj railway station is in line with Germany’s Heidelberg railway station.
Moreover, the Indian Railways’ Gandhinagar railway station is also being redeveloped into a world-class station by Gandhinagar Railway and Urban Development (GARUD).
It is a special purpose vehicle (SPV) formed with equity contribution of the Gujarat government and IRSDC in the ratio of 74:26 respectively. The Gandhinagar station project is the first-of-its-kind in the country with an exclusive 5-star hotel building over railway tracks.